The Cabin Little Grove Grove Lane Ashley Green Buckinghamshire HP5 3QQ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/06734/EU - Certificate of lawfulness - existing Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of a mobile home, known as The Cabin as a separate residential dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 13:08

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Application progress

✓

Received

20 Aug 2026

✗

Refused

16 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 16 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 15

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form and Certificate · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Article 4 direction

Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Public footpath 11 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Certificate of lawfulness - existing
Postcode: HP5 3QQ
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Chesham North
Parish: Ashley Green
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Oct 2026
Decision: Cert of Law EXISTING-refuse use
Decision date: 16 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Authorised Designs Ltd

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Buckinghamshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #280 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Buckinghamshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

84%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #217 of 296

86%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #241 of 296

34%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #280 of 296

55%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #248 of 296

76%

Minor dwellings approved

491 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

71 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

131 decided

4,446

Total decisions

690 refused in the year to March 2026